Prosecution and defense argue about several photographs that might be presented at sex-trafficking trial in New YorkThis article contains depictions of sexual abuseGhislaine Maxwell’s child-sex trafficking trial took a shocking turn Friday when prosecu…
Twenty photographs of the week
The volcano on the Canary island of La Palma, protests in the occupied West Bank, the Omicron variant in South Africa and fires in North Carolina: the most striking images from around the world this week Continue reading…
Michigan shooting: suspect’s parents missing after pair charged with manslaughter
Police in Oakland county hunting Jennifer and James CrumbleySon Ethan, 15, charged with murder over deadly school shootingThe parents of a boy who is accused of killing four students at Oxford high school are missing and being searched for by law enfor…
Covid news live: Germany warned over ICU capacity; Nigeria identifies Omicron in sample from October
Germany warned it could have 6,000 people in intensive care by Christmas; Nigeria says retrospective sequencing of previous cases has found OmicronUS to require stricter Covid testing for all travellersWHO advises vulnerable, unvaccinated and over 60s,…
Activists call for revolution in ‘dated and colonial’ aid funding
Aspen Institute’s New Voices want donors to exercise humility and trust those receiving grants to know what their communities needAid donors are being urged to revolutionise the way money is spent to move away from colonial ideas and create meaningful …
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It review – vampish and sharp as a stiletto
The Puerto Rican-born star of the first West Side Story movie reflects on her life, career and traumas in this warm documentary saluteThis televisual but still touching documentary tribute to actor Rita Moreno, who turns 90 this month, is released in t…
Ghislaine Maxwell was present when Jeffrey Epstein abused me, accuser testifies
Witness identified as ‘Jane’ alleges Epstein began sexual abuse when she was 14 and says Maxwell was sometimes in the roomPress, protesters, QAnon: the scene outside the trialThe first accuser in Ghislaine Maxwell’s child sex trafficking trial testifie…
Even after 40 years the response to Aids in many countries is still held back by stigma | Hakima Himmich and Mike Podmore
It is hard to protect yourself from HIV when having sterile syringes or condoms can lead to arrest: discrimination is restricting progress in eliminating HIV Forty years after the first cases of Aids were discovered, goals for its global elimination ha…
Dunkirk’s camps – in pictures
Guardian photographer David Levene visited northern France after twenty-seven people drowned in the Channel last week as they attempted to make the perilous crossing from France to Britain across busy shipping lanes in a dinghy that deflated in the ope…
Swifts and house martins join UK red list of endangered birds
RSPB warns wildlife is in freefall with 70 of Britain’s 245 bird species now seriously at riskThe red list of Britain’s most endangered birds has increased to 70 species with the swift, house martin, greenfinch and Bewick’s swan added to the latest ass…